[00:03.92]The Senate is one of the two lawmaking bodies of the United States Congress. [00:09.72]The other is the House of Representatives. [00:12.83]Both have about the same amount of power. [00:16.48]Both the Senate and the House of Representatives...
今天我们要学的词是compromise。 Compromise, 有妥协、让步的意思。I will not compromise my principles. 意思是我在原则问题上绝不让步。Marriage is all about compromise. 意思是婚姻要靠妥协让步来维系。如今，...
BOB DOUGHTY: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. In September of nineteen hundred and one, President William McKinley was assassinated. His vice president, Theodore Roosevelt, was sworn in to replace him. Roosev...
The International Crisis Group warns Ivory Coast's long-delayed presidential poll could lead to violent chaos if more is not done to ensure the security of the electoral process and resolve issues of nationality and voter eligibility. In a report rel...
'Red Shirt' protesters sleep behind photos of the recent violent clashes between protesters and government forces in Bangkok, Thailand, 12 May 2010 The Thai government is stepping up efforts to isolate red shirt protesters in central Bangkok by shutt...
This is IN THE NEWS in VOA Special English. President Barack Obama has begun his second year in office. The forty-fourth president, and first African-American president, was inaugurated last January twentieth. BARACK OBAMA: Today I say to you that th...
